St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-01-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

s"c graves Oh nlne-tenthS OF the great
orators. poets. historians and authors
OF the past are neglected.
A man who is mean enough to beat
printer il mean enough to tickle his
nose with a feather to save the ex-
Pense OF buying snuff. -. DdnsU5tie
"A meeting was held recently in
Iiasgow, Scotland. at which it was re-
solved to erect = monument to Burns
,Highland Mary" on Castle Hill. at
Dun0on.
"A single sheet of paper - inches
wide and a miles long was made with
out break in paper-mill at Water
town, N. T., few days ago. The
sheet weighed 2,2O7 pounds. buffalo
Express.
A deposit OF pure asphaltum. from
fifteen to twenty feet thick. has been
discovered near Thistle Station. in
Utah. tits worth forty da.lars ton.
and the expense Of mining is only forty
cents. Chicago Tribune.
A young man in South Griffin set
ont some poison for dogs few nights
ago and next morning he found that
he had destroyed three dogs. forty
seven chickens. and the good will Of
the community.-Sarannah ga. NcUs.
The libel law of Texas is more
stringent than any Of the other States
Of the Union. A newspaper can De
sued'in every county where it circu-
lates. forcing it to keep staff of at
tOrneys distributed over the State.
The prize of gold-headed cane
for the winner of fat mems race in
Pittsburgh was carried off BY butcher,
who tips the beam at $50 pounds. None
was permitted to start in the race
carrying less than POS pounds. -Psus.
snrgh Post.
A physician of this city says that a
great deal Of what passes for heart dis
ease is only mild dyspepsia; that
nervousness commonly is bad temper.
and that two-thirds Of tho so-called
malaria is nothing but lazincss.
deiphia Record.
"A remarkable illustration of the
enduring quality of human hair may
now be seen in the British Museum,
where has been placed . wig lately
found in a temple at Thebes. which is
silrsrlnsed to have been worn by an
Egyptian priest ut a period not less
than three thousand four hundred years
ago.
--Thirty-four years ago Samuel
Baker, of Wheeling, w. Va, bet ten
dollars with friend that he. Samuel,
would live that many years. The
money was placed in a bank. and re-
Gently Samuel walked down and drew
it out. with interest The other party
and his entire family of five we're all
dead. Washington Post.
A lady At Newark sued her dress
maker for using sixty-eight yards Of
silk in . dress. or for claiming to. 1t
was measured up before the jury and
founi to contain thirty one yards, but
the jury came to the conclusion that
any woman who would buy that much
silk for = dress deserved to have the
rats carry Of half Of it.-M T. 7eLe-
gram.
"A Washington dentist says that a
man who is brave in battle is apt to be
. coward in dentists chair. This
shows the effects of pride. A man on
. battlefield has a larger number of
witnesses about him, while in a dem
lists chair he is practically alone. 1t
is not hard to be brave when the eyes
Of the world are on you, but in solitude
most men are towards. Washington
Critic.
Mr.. Homespun was reading thrill.
ing story Of an accident. winding up
with the expression. but before they
could reach him the vital spark had
fed" "A very pretty story" said
Mrs. H., ''but what do you suppose
became of the fellow after he ran
away" Mr.. -.'Fcllow ran away!
What fellow? What are you talking
Mrs. H-"Why. that lively
fellow. the vital spark. as tho paper
calls him. "-Boston Transcript.
Washington society is said to be
laughing over . remark Of 4 prominent
lady occupying one OF the most spa
ciOus mansions at the capital. Not
long ago this lady was holding one of
her regular afternoon receptions. when
one Of the company casually remarked
that she had tried about every thing,
run with rats The hostess replied:
THAT is unfortunate but my house Is
10 small that am troubled only with
mice. ~ 7. Mail.
General Beaver, Governor elect Of
during his recent cam
paign was asked BY colored editor to
for the Pittsburgh Broaciarc.
The price is 81 year. General Beav-
rr handed the editor $40. expecting
el9 in change. He was presented with
the following: Received Of General
Beaver. for twenty years subscription,
eaO." If you are dead the paper'll
till 60 on" said the colored man to
the astonished General. Philadelphia
Cal.
M. Coliadon. in paper to the
Academic des Sciences. suggests that
The electricity SO WILDLY illustrated by
is generated principally
Dy friction of air and water vapor.
During . thunderstorm the rain-drops
Iormed in the st0rm-cloud descend
to the earth, causing par
ial vacuum. which is replaced by air
irawn in laterally and from upper
ayers. The friction caused by this
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